JERSEY CITY – Friends and neighbors gathered outside a Country Village home Monday afternoon searching for answers on an apparent murder suicide that left a married couple dead and three children without parents.

Henry Okongo and Lydiah Okongo were found inside 2 Mina Drive suffering from gunshot wounds, according to sources. The two, who were identified by neighbors, were found in separate areas of the home and were pronounced dead at the scene.

The discovery appears to have been made before 9 a.m. and it's unclear who was responsible for the deadly gunfire. The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, which has not released any information about the investigation, remained at the scene until after 1 p.m.

Neighbors, who asked not to be identified, said Lydiah Okongo worked as a nurse and Henry Okongo owned a few laundromats.

Public records show Henry Okongo owned a business on Martin Luther King Drive. Hundreds of residents rallied around Henry Okongo to help him save his business in 2013 when his lease was up and he was behind in rent.

Henry Okongo is listed as the owner of both 2 Mina Drive – a corner house – and 120 Sycamore Road, which stands just behind the other home on the opposite corner. Homicide detectives could be seen sifting through the mail boxes at the Sycamore Road home.

Friends say Henry Okongo's brother once lived in the other home but moved to North Carolina. The couple had three children, according to neighbors, and sources say at least one was inside the home when the gunfire erupted.

A gun was recovered from the home, sources said, and neighbors say another adult family member lived with the Okongos.

The state's Regional Medical Examiner arrived at the scene just before noon. One body was removed out the front door and the second was brought out from a back door.

A white Honda Accord with New York license plates that was parked across the street from the Mina Drive home was towed from the scene and seized by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

Neighbors estimate the couple lived in the home for at least a decade. They were described as "lovely people" who were hard working. No one would have expected a tragedy like this to come from that home, residents said.

Monday's incident occurred across the street from the 2014 killing of Monica Montone. The trial of her husband, Kevin, who is accused of the killing, began Monday morning.